Wrench



July 3, 1923.

1,460,837 A. BANGERT ET AL WRENCH Filed July- 18'. 1921 Patented July 3,1923. y

ADOLTPH .BANGERT AND FREDERICK MAY, OF NEW ORK, N.'Y.;. SAID FREDERICKMAY ASSIGNOR OF HIS ENTIRE RIGHT TO CHARLES MAY, or JERsEY CITY, NEW

JERSEY.

Application filed July. 18,

This invention relates to an improvement.

in combination tools. 1

The present invention has for its object the provision of a tool unitwhich, while combining the useful elements of various tools constantlyrequired in automobile work, i

shall be simple in construction and opera tion, and thereforeeconomicalm manufacture, durable, and highly efficient. The lI1-"vention aims, also, to provide a, novel wrench construction as a part ofsuch tool unit which shall be capable of easy and quick adjustments tothe largest and smallest parts in automobile work, and the constructionof.

which wholly obviates the objectionable feature of give or yield inwrenches of ordinary construction.

Tith these and other objects in view, the invention in a preferredembodiment will now be described in detail in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof then be pointedout in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view of the complete tool unit;

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same; and 'Figs. 3 and 4 are side views ofthe tool members before assembly.

Referring now to the drawings, and particularly to Fig. 1, the toolunit, combining the various tool elements hereinafter referred to,consists of two crossed members A, B pivoted at 10, so formed as toprovide at one end of the tool jaws 1, 2 forming in effect a pair ofpliers, and at the other end jaws 3, 4: of a wrench. One of the members,

as A, for instance, is formed with an arcuate or thickened portion 5having notches 6 formed. on its outer or edge portion, the

latter being adapted to engage a bail or wRENcH.

1921. seriaina 485,611.

7 is preferably provided'with a notched inner edge for holdingengagement with the notches 6, and such notchedsurface is curved asshown and so situate-d with respect to the" pivotal point of the bail orhook that the ralsed or thickened portion 5 and its curved surface willpermit the wrench jaws to 60 open enclose as such bail is shifted fromone end to the other of such curved notched In the extreme positions ofadjustv surface.

ment of the bail, the jawsS, 4 of the wrench will be openedto theirwidest point or closed, as the case may be. WVhen it is desired to useonly the pliers or the tool: ele

ments associated therewith, the bail-orhook 7 is readily swung entirelyoff of the member A. To facilitate adjustment and use of. the wrenchand, pliers, a spring 8 is preferably mounted on either of the members.A or B, between them, with its free end normally pressing against'theother member and'tending to separate the wrench jaws and the pliers.

At a convenient point on the end of each,

of the wrench jaws 3and 4:, there-is preferably provideda screw-drivertip while on the inner sides of such members are pro- 1 "vided suitablyformed cut-away portionsb for engagementwith an automobile radiator cap.The plier jaws also are formedwith pipe-engagingcut-away. portions e andwire cutters a Y While we have described the invention as particularlyuseful in automobile work, it v will be understood that it may be usedin tool unit is desirable. It is also to be understood that variousmodifications inconstrucall classes of machinework where such a tionsmay be resorted to and-still" be within" the scopeof the claim.

What is claimed is:' g J The combination, in a combination wrench. oftwo crossed and pivoted members, pipewrench jaws formed at one end ofsaid members, nut-wrench jaws formed at the opposite end of saidmembers, the pivotalpoint of said members being near said pipe-wrenchjaws, an arcuate surface formed ontheouter edge of one of said membersnear the nutthe notches onsaid arcuate surface, and a wrench jaws, andprovided with notches on spring normally tending to separate said saidsurface, a bail pivotally secured to the pipe and nut rench jaws.

other of said members at a point eccentric In Witness whereof, We havehereunto to said'arcuatesurfaceand extending there-= signed our names.

overand having a plurality of: "notches ADOBPHl- BANGERT. formed on saidbail and arranged toengage FREDERICK MAY.

